Interventional Therapies for Secondary and Essential Hypertension

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Tsioufis, Costas (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Schmieder, Roland E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Mancia, Giuseppe (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Σειρά: Updates in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection,
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Cardiology.; Endocrinology.; Nephrology.; Cardiac surgery.; Vascular surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Vascular Surgery.; Cardiac Surgery.

This book aims to describe the role of interventional therapies in various forms of secondary hypertension and to explain the ability of such approaches to address unmet needs in the setting of uncontrolled essential hypertension. The coverage encompasses interventions in the full range of relevant...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I Interventions for secondary hypertension - 1 Renovascular hypertension (Indications for intervention, Procedural aspects, Patient follow-up)
• 2 Primary hyperaldosteronism (Diagnosis and method of localization, Management algorithm and the role of interventional therapy, Outcome and follow-up)
• 3 Pheochromocytoma/paragangliomas (Confirmation of diagnosis, Preoperative management and surgical procedure, Follow-up: drugs, monitoring and other testing)
• 4 Coarctation of the aorta (Indications for intervention, Stenting versus surgical repair)
• Part II Adjunctive therapies - 5 Bariatric surgery ( Indications, Procedure types: safety and efficacy)
• 6 Sleep apnea (Pathophysiological aspects between sleep apnea and hypertension, Indications for screening, diagnosis and treatment, Positive airway pressure and other devices)
• Part III Interventions for Essential hypertension - 7 Rationale for interventions (The cerebrovascular impact of uncontrolled hypertension, The impact of uncontrolled hypertension on the heart, What to pay attention to before interventional therapy, Optimization of antihypertensive treatment, Blood pressure measurement before and after intervention, Adherence to medications, New pharmacological agents)
• 8 Renal Sympathetic Denervation (Pathophysiology, Procedural aspects, Safety, Efficacy on blood pressure, Effects beyond blood pressure lowering , Effects on sympathetic nervous system activity, Alternative methods for renal denervation)
• 9 Carotid baroreceptor stimulation (Pathophysiology, Procedural aspects, Safety and efficacy: overview)
• 10. Other interventions (Arteriovenous anastomosis, Carotid body modulation)
• 11 Heart Failure: Interventions for neuromodulation (Rationale, Current methods. A critical overview).